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Blue Mountains · Sport

Sport, 1923

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Weird Warfare Corroboree at Cricket in Two Spasms

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 2

As the result of a long standing fond between the Katoomba Rifle and Tennis Clubs, both agreed to settle the difference at the Reserve…

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Cricket Chatter

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 4

Strathfield C.C. will visit Katoomba on April 15. The team is a good one, and will fully lost the ability of the localites…

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Cricket Chatter

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 5

With the waning of Summer willow-wellders are about to put their blades away until the swallows come again. The season has easily…

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The Football Season the Opening Draw

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 5

Everything points to a highly successful season, and, believe me, there will be "some" football before the Henderson Cup finds a resting…

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Golf and Recreation at Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the Wontworth Falls Golf and Recreation Co., a dividend of 10 percent, was declared on preferentials,…

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Football Flashes Season Opens To-morrow

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 5

To-morrow will see the start of the football season. With about six opposition attractions, some of them epochs in their way, the "gates"…

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Katoomba Golf Links Opening To-morrow Committee's Arrangements

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 4

It is ardently hoped that Saturday afternoon will present all that is best in Mountains' weather, for on that occasion the Katoomba Golf…

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Football Season Springwood in Full Strength

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 5

The football season opened on Saturday under quiet auspices, the Eastend being the only place to display enthusiasm. No public…

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Sport at the East End Tennis Courts Open

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 1

On the Silva Plana Estate, the Springwood tennis club selected a site for a convincing ground, and on Saturday last, the courts (two in…

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Football Flashes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 5

Leura lowered Rovers' colors by 5 to 3, on the Katoomba Reserve, on Saturday. No doubt, the strong westerly that…

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Football Flashes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 5

In last week's notes, in the Leura v. Rover match, A. E. Jones was credited with kicking a goal, Jonsie never hooted a bar in his…

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At the Golf Links

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 5

Interest is still booming! Even the wicked westerlies fall to cool the ardour. By the dozen they troupe to the…

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Football Flashes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 5

A big crowd of football fans was booked for Springwood on Saturday last, until it was whispered that the Rovers would have great difficulty in…

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At the Golf Links

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 5

The westerly winds are bad for golf. If there is any good point about them George Howard would be pleased to hear of it…

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Golf Handicapping

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 5

Sir,—Referring to the Golf Club handicap on Monday last, I would point out that a serious mistake was made by those responsible for its…

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Football Flashes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 5

"Observer," an onlooker at last Saturday's match, Rovers v. Springwood, played on the Eastend ground, writes a protest against the report…

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Golf Notes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 4

Apparently golf fixtures were forgotten when they took the [?]d off the weather on the holiday and broke up the "a" and "b" grade handicap…

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Football Flashes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 5

The competition for the Henderson Cup was stayed on Saturday last to permit of the first round of the Knock-out Competition being…

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Municipalising Sports Tennis Club's Proposal Big Principle Involved

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 1

Katoomba Tennis Club bas has approached the local Council with a proposition to municipalise the property recently acquired by the club…

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Football Flashes Teams for To-morrow

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 5

Rovers.—Full, R. H. Upton; [?]'s v. Duff, P. Ryan; P. Belcher, M. Belcher; [?]'s T. Summerville, F. Franklin; forwards, J. Trimmer, R…

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